Artist&#39;s brush holder



Feb. 7, 1967 E. v. LE BLANCZ ETAL 3,30%798 ARTIST'S BRUSH HOLDER Filed July 7, 1966 INVENTORS Emma 1 .LEBMM Emma/ms G Mums ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,302,798 ARTISTS BRUSH HOLDER Edward V. Le Blanc, Lincoln, and Evangilos G. Galmos, Burlington, Mass., assignors to Argonaut Corporation, Lincoln, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Filed July 7, 1966, Ser. No. 563,483 8 Claims. (Cl. 211-65) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates generally to artists supplies, particularly to an artists brush holder adapted to be attached to the rear edge of pallette and more particularly to an improved artist's brush holder in a plurality of pieces.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the improved artists brush holder comprises:

(a) a front part having a rear face and carrying an upper resilient arm adapted to engage the upper surface of a pallette;

(b) a rear part having a front face and carrying a lower resilient arm adapted to engage the lower surface of the pallette;

(c) means for maintaining said rear and front faces in contact with each other; and

(d) a series of registering recesses in said faces providing means for holding paint brush handles.

Cross references to related application This application is a continuation-in-part of applicants copending application Serial Number 425,881, entitled, Artists Brush Holder, having a filing date of January 25, 1965.

Background of the invention Artists brush holders having a clip for attaching the holders to an artists pallette are known in the prior art. Such brush holders are disclosed in US. Patent 428,239 and applicants copending application Serial Number 425,881. Some of the limitations and problems of the prior art brush holders are the weight which makes the pallette difficult to hold over long periods of time, the size which obscures the pallette and makes it difiicult to select and blend the paint desired, and the construction which makes it difficult to clean the recesses in the holder and also provides difiiculty in manufacture from molten material in a mold.

Description of the invention It is therefore an object of this invention to provide an improved paint brush holder adapted to be attached to a pallette to maintain paint brushes in immediate proximity to the painter, and with adjacent brush tips well spaced from each other.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a brush holder of approximately trapezoidal shape with resilient arms projecting from only about the middle third of the front surface of the holder, and with the entire width of said front surface in contact with the rear edge of the pallette, for a maximum of stability with minimum occupation of pallette surface.

Another object of the invention is the embodiment of the invention in a plurality of parts for ease of cleaning and manufacture.

Still another object of the invention is a modification of the lower resilient arm for ease in molding.

It is still another object of the invention to modify the upper resilient arm to provide contact between the arms and pallettes having a Wide range of thickness.

Still further objects and the wide scope of the invention 3,302,798 Patented Feb. 7, 1967 ice will become obvious from a reading of the specification and claims and from an inspection of the annexed drawing illustrating in detail preferred embodiments of the invention wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the holder with its parts assembled and ready for use;

FIGURES 2 and 3 are perspective views of the front and rear parts respectively; and

FIGURES 4 and 5 are cross-sections through the rear and front parts respectively.

With particular reference to FIGURE 1, the paint brush holder of the present invention is illustrated as formed of front and rear parts 1 and 2 respectively. The parts 1 and 2 are held together mechanically or after being fitted together are permanently secured to each other by adhesive, ultrasonic vibration, or in any other suitable manner. After the two parts are assembled, the resulting holder is used in the same manner as the single piece holder of applicants copending application, and retains all the advantages of the latter.

As shown in FIGURE 2, the contacting faces of the front and rear parts of the holder are formed with registering emi-cylindrical recesses 3 diverging upwardly in fanlike formation providing a series of upwardly diverging sockets when the two halves are assembled. These sockets 3 may be slightly tapered in the downward direction as in the construction of the copending application. Do'wels 4 shown in FIGURES 2 and 5 can be provided to cooperate with holes in the other part to maintain the two parts in exact registration with each other.

Instead of having the trapezoidal form of the holder of the copending application, the present holder can be made slightly arcuate in form and for minimum weight and use of materials, the back side of the rear part can be undulated as at 5 shown in FIGURE 3.

In this two part construction, the upper resilient arm 6 is carried by the front part 1 while the lower resilient arm 7 is carried by the rear part 2. The upper arm can be provided with protruding ribs as shown in FIGURES 2 and 5 to give improved contact with pallettes having a wide range of thickness. The lower arm 7 is provided with a central slot 9 to facilitate removal from the mold. Interlocking recesse 10 and 11 are provided in the front and rear parts respectively to permit the two parts to be sprung together during their assembly, and these recesses are preferably dovetailed, as shown in FIGURES 2 and 3.

While there have been described herein what are at present considered preferred embodiments of this invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that modifications and changes may be made therein without departing from the essence of this invention. It is, therefore, to :be understood that the exemplary embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive of this invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims, and that any modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be included therein.

We claim:

1. An improved artists brush holder comprising:

(a) a front part having a rear face and carrying an upper resilient arm adapted to engage the upper surface of a pallette;

(b) a rear part having a front face and carrying a lower resilient arm adapted to engage the lower surface of the pallette;

(c) means for maintaining said rear and front faces in" contact with each other; and

(d) a series of registering recesses in said [faces defining means for holding paint brush handles.

2. The improved artists brush holder of claim 1, wherein the assembled holder is slightly arcuate in form and the recesses are positioned in upwardly diverging axes.

3. The improved artists brush holder of claim 1, wherein the upper resilient arm has protruding ribs on it under side whereby resilient contact is maintained between the arms and pallettes having a wide range of thickness.

4. The improved artists brush holder of claim 1, wherein said means for maintaining said rear and front faces in contact comprises dovetailed interlocking recesses in said front and rear parts permitting said parts to be sprung together during their assembly.

5. The improved artists brush holder ofclaim 1, wherein said lower resilient arm has a central slot facilitating the removal of said rear part from a mold in which it is produced.

6. The improved arti'sts brush holder of claim 1, wherein said means for maintaining said rear and front faces in contact with each other is an adhesive.

7. The improved artists brush holder of claim 4, wherein said dovetailed interlocking recesses are combined with an adhesive.

8. The improved artists :brush holder of claim 2, wherein said registering recesses are substantially cylindrical and are slightly tapered from larger openings at the top of the holder to smaller openings at the bottom of the holder.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES. PATENTS 5/1890 Way 211-65 6/1938 Michelson 248-37.6 

1. AN IMPROVED ARTIST''S BRUSH HOLDER COMPRISING: (A) A FRONT PART HAVING A REAR FACE AND CARRYING AN UPPER RESILIENT ARM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE UPPER SURFACE OF A PALLETTE; (B) A REAR PART HAVING A FRONT FACE AND CARRYING A LOWER RESILIENT ARM ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE PALLETTE; (C) MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID REAR AND FRONT FACES IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER; AND (D) A SERIES OF REGISTERING RECESSES IN SAID FACES DEFINING MEANS FOR HOLDING PAINT BRUSH HANDLES. 